Books of fiction, literature, and non-fiction that focus on the global petroleum industry. Great for light, entertaining reading, these titles provide a pleasant diversion.

A Policy of Discontent Author: Vito Stagliano Format: Hardcover Price: $51.00 What forces shape national policy? How have the oil, gas, and electric sectors been deregulated? How has conflict of interests shaped and distorted national energy policy debate? Find out from the inside.

Bluewater Seven Terror at Sea Author: Don McLain Format: Hardcover Price: $31.00 This novel details a scenario where terrorists blow up the Santa Barbara Airport and seize the offshore drilling rig Bluewater Seven. The crew is held captive and each day brings another atrocity that is more horrific than the previous.

Deep Challenge: Our Quest for Energy Beneath the Sea Author: Clyde Burleson Format: Hardcover Price: $58.00 Deep Challenge blends oil-patch history, eyewitness accounts of disasters, and open access to the official files of Global Marine Inc., the recognized leader in offshore drilling, to tell a true and exciting story.

Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage Author: Kenneth Deffeyes Format: Paperback Price: $21.00 This book takes an intriguing look at world oil production and the imminent shortages on the horizon. What will is mean for the world? What can be done?

Narrow Gate Author: Eugene Parker Format: Paperback Price: $26.00 As inspiring as Texas itself, Narrow Gate is a fictional novel about good triumphing over evil with man overcoming many obstacles. The setting is San Antonio and the murder-mystery intrigue crisscrosses Texas into the Gulf of Mexico and leads to offshore banking.

Power Play: Who's In Control of the Energy Revolution Author: J.C. Whorton, Jr. and Paulette Whitcomb Format: Hardcover Price: $41.00 An entertaining and enlightening history of the oil, gas, and electric industries and ideas of how these industries will converge in the future.

Tanker Desk Diary Format: Leather Bound Price: $59.00 This diary represents the ultimate in functional office/boardroom accessories.

The Color of Oil Author: Michael Economides and Ronald Oligney Format: Hardcover Price: $26.00 Destined to become the self-realization bible of the petroleum industry, capturing the history, the money and the politics of the world’s biggest business in 200 easy-read pages.

Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy Author: Matthew R. Simmons Format: Hardcover Price: $30.00 Author Matthew R. Simmons puts forward the case that Saudi Arabia's production of oil will soon reach an apex, after which the world will face an oil shortage.